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-[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable
id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ by typing in `host=flubber`, for example, will be enough to get access to
that machine's console.
/!\ TODO: How does one get the environment variables `COLUMNS` and `LINES` set
-properly when using `xm console`? This is relevant for everything using
-`(n)curses` -- for interactive console applications. Using `export COLUMNS=143
-LINES=44` does work, but is a manual process.
+properly when using `xm console`? According to Samuel, *you don't, the xen
+console doesn't have the notion of terminal size*. This is relevant for
+everything using `(n)curses` -- for interactive console applications. Using
+`export COLUMNS=143 LINES=44` does work, but is a manual process.